20 CFR § 1.5 - When was the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation abolished?
---identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s1.5"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "20 CFR § 1.5 - When was the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation abolished?"title_number: 20title_name: "Employees' Benefits"section_number: "1.5"section_name: "When was the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation abolished?"chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"subchapter_number: "A"subchapter_name: "ORGANIZATION AND PROCEDURES"part_number: "1"part_name: "PERFORMANCE OF FUNCTIONS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "5 U.S.C. 301, 8145 and 8149 (Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1004, 64 Stat. 1263); 42 U.S.C. 7384d and 7385s-10; E.O. 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 13-71, 36 FR 8155; Employment Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218."regulatory_source: "76 FR 37902, June 28, 2008, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "1"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t20/s1.5
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor
Authority
5 U.S.C. 301, 8145 and 8149 (Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1004, 64 Stat. 1263); 42 U.S.C. 7384d and 7385s-10; E.O. 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p... 5 U.S.C. 301, 8145 and 8149 (Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174, 3 CFR, 1949-1953 Comp., p. 1004, 64 Stat. 1263); 42 U.S.C. 7384d and 7385s-10; E.O. 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 13-71, 36 FR 8155; Employment Standards Order No. 2-74, 39 FR 34722; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 218.
# 1.5 When was the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation abolished?By Secretary of Labor's Order issued September 23, 1974 (39 FR 34723), issued concurrently with Employment Standards Order 2-74 (39 FR 34722), the Secretary revoked the prior Secretary's Order No. 18-67 (32 FR 12979), which had delegated authority and assigned responsibility for the various workers' compensation programs enumerated in § 1.2, except the Black Lung Benefits Program and the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program not then in existence, to the Director of the former Bureau of Employees' Compensation.